From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; United States Senator James O. Eastland, from Mississippi, defends states' rights and segregation in schools, proclaims the integration efforts of such organizations as the National Advancement for...

From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover and first five pages of a booklet compiled by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Provides a synopsis of the events leading up to and including Freedom Summer 1964....

From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. Robert C. Dodds, dated November 8, 1962, written in response to a memo from Dodds. Campbell explains his reaction and concerns regarding the proposed...

From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Photograph of the remains of Antioch Baptist Church in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, after it was destroyed by fire in an act of racial violence. Three men stand looking at the remains of the...

Pamphlet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Pamphlet produced by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), includes descriptions of the consequences often encountered by those involved in the civil rights movement in the...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a group of children attending a Freedom School class at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer in 1964, sit on...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of students in a Freedom School class on the front steps of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg. Among the students are Gwen Bourne, Deborah Carr,...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of three young African American girls sitting together during a Freedom School class at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of three African American girls from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, standing near a tree in front of True Light Baptist Church during Freedom Summer, 1964....

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of volunteers and local activists participating in a meeting held in a large room with square pillars in one of the participating African-American...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of an African American Freedom School students take part in class discussion sitting at a table in the basement room of an African-American church in...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a group of Freedom School volunteers inside the sanctuary of a local African American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer...